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University trustee dies of cancer at 68
By Laura Rodriguez
Assistant City Editor
Charles Thornton, a member of the university’s Board of Trustees for 18 years and the person most responsible for convincing James H. Zumberge to consider the position of university president, died of cancer in his home on Nov. 24. He was 68.
Thornton was more commonly called “Tex,” a nickname reflective of his home state of Texas. Since becoming a trustee in 1963, Thornton participated in the executive and finance committees and was elected to the position of Life Trustee in 1975.
The trustee was one of the five-member Presidential Search Committee, and he personally flew his private plane to Flagstaff. Ariz., to bring the future president to the university in early 1980 for his first interview.
In working with Thornton on the search committee, Carl Hartnack, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said he remembers him as a man who made a fine contribution to the university in the short time he knew him. The chairman also said he had a lot of respect for Thornton as the result of his immense contributions to the activities of the committee.
Although President Zumberge only knew of him as a widely recognized industrialist associated with Litton Industries, he recalled being impressed with Thornton’s time and effort in bringing him to Los Angeles. Zumberge said he is not sure which Texas-affiliated group contacted Thornton, but their eventual meeting turned out to be a positive one.
Prior to his appointment on the search committee, Thornton was an inactive member. But Zumberge remembered that the Texan returned with vigor and continued to participate as an active member of the board.
Zumberge also emphasized Thornton’s continued involvement with people. “He was one of those captains of industry whose interests went far beyond the organization, including civic activities. He was extremely interested in people and had a widely held opinion that influenced a lot of people in their careers.”
(Continued on page 13J
Partial goal reached by Pettersen fund
By Wendell Mobley
Staff Writer
The Petter Bech Pettersen Memorial Fund, created to help decre3se crime in the university vicinity, has reportedly reached one-tenth of its $10,000 goal.
Georg Raeder, a university student and one of the founders of the fund, said Monday that the amount totals $1,169.73, and a check for that amount was given to University President James H. Zumberge last Wednesday to add to the university’s general investments.
Three primary guidelines have been drawn to determine the purposes for which the interest from the fund's investment will be spent: annual recognition of a university student who has made a significant contribution to the security of the campus and surrounding
area; annual recognition of a University Security and Parking Operations staff member for outstanding service in their fields; and financial support for regular, special campus groups or projects, whose purpose it will be to heighten security awareness at the university or improve the safety of students, faculty and staff studying at or employed by the university.
Raeder said $1,000 of the fund will be used as a reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of Pettersen’s assailant. An additional $1,000 has been pledged by a member of the community to go toward the reward, Raeder said.
The founder said he hopes the fund will help encourage people affiliated with the university to think about crime and (Continued on page 15)
Officer suspended after misusing siren
By Marc igler
Staff Writer
In a move which may raise the question of whether University Security officers possess adequate power to enforce the law. Officer Patrick Fitzgerald was suspended over the weekend for a violation he committed while responding to a felony-in-progress call.
Fitzgerald, a two-year veteran on the force, was given a 15-day suspension without pay for turning on his car’s siren and warning lights when he received a rape-in-progress call Saturday night. Fitzgerald’s vehicle was subsequently hit by another car at 30th Street and University Avenue.
University Security officers are not allowed to activate their vehicle’s flashing lights or siren when off campus because the vehicles are not classified in the California Vehicle Code as emergency vehicles, Captain Luther Lanier said.
Lanier added that the university’s security vehicles cannot proceed on a city street after undertaking emergency procedures because it violates security officers’ jurisdiction as agents of the university. He explained that University Security officers are, in effect, only private citizens and thereby do not have the power of peace officers.
(Continued on page 7)
OUTREACH TO POOR — Los Ninos, a Santa Barbara-based group, provides help to the poverty-stricken of Tijuana, Mexico. Above, squatters must live in the city dumps to survive, and below, children at the Casa de Luna orphanage play with tennis balls brought by the volunteers. See story on page 3.
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Fiesta Bowl lottery starts Dec. 7
1,500 tickets available to students
Oave Fisher
Staff Writer
For the second consecutive year, students can throw away their Rose Bowl coupons.
Last year, the football team was barred from playing in the Rose Bowl and any other postseason game because it was on probation.
This year, the university’s football team will be playing in a Jan. 1 bowl game, but it will be the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Ariz.
The Trojans will meet Penn State on New Year’s Day in the 72,000-seat Sun Devil Stadium, located near Arizona State University.
Of the 11,000 tickets allotted to the university for the game, 1,500 have been set aside for students.
The 1,500 student tickets will be sold through a lottery which will take place Dec. 7 and 8. Instead of turning in Rose Bowl coupons, students will have to present punch cards in order to enter the lottery.
Patricia Tyner, Ticket Office manager, said punch cards will be used because it was thought that too many students had discarded their Rose
Bowl coupons after the Trojans were eliminated from Rose Bowl consideration following Washington’s victory over Washington State.
Students entering the Fiesta Bowl ticket lottery can submit orders for up to four tickets. One punch card must be presented for each ticket ordered, and the full price of each ticket must be paid at the time the student enters the lottery. Tickets to the game cost $15 each.
Depending on which list is shorter, the winning or losing lottery numbers will be posted outside the Ticket Office on the afternoon of Dec. 9. Winners will be able to pick up their tickets — and losers their money — on Dec. 10 or 11.
Tyner said the Ticket Office will accept checks or cash for the tickets, but she recommended that students use checks to make it easier for both her office and the student.
The Ticket Office is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Questions concerning the Fiesta Bowl lottery may be answered by calling the Ticket Office at 743-2620.
For those who do not receive tickets, the game can be seen Jan. 1 at 10:30 a.m. on KNBC Channel 4.

University trustee dies of cancer at 68
By Laura Rodriguez
Assistant City Editor
Charles Thornton, a member of the university’s Board of Trustees for 18 years and the person most responsible for convincing James H. Zumberge to consider the position of university president, died of cancer in his home on Nov. 24. He was 68.
Thornton was more commonly called “Tex,” a nickname reflective of his home state of Texas. Since becoming a trustee in 1963, Thornton participated in the executive and finance committees and was elected to the position of Life Trustee in 1975.
The trustee was one of the five-member Presidential Search Committee, and he personally flew his private plane to Flagstaff. Ariz., to bring the future president to the university in early 1980 for his first interview.
In working with Thornton on the search committee, Carl Hartnack, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said he remembers him as a man who made a fine contribution to the university in the short time he knew him. The chairman also said he had a lot of respect for Thornton as the result of his immense contributions to the activities of the committee.
Although President Zumberge only knew of him as a widely recognized industrialist associated with Litton Industries, he recalled being impressed with Thornton’s time and effort in bringing him to Los Angeles. Zumberge said he is not sure which Texas-affiliated group contacted Thornton, but their eventual meeting turned out to be a positive one.
Prior to his appointment on the search committee, Thornton was an inactive member. But Zumberge remembered that the Texan returned with vigor and continued to participate as an active member of the board.
Zumberge also emphasized Thornton’s continued involvement with people. “He was one of those captains of industry whose interests went far beyond the organization, including civic activities. He was extremely interested in people and had a widely held opinion that influenced a lot of people in their careers.”
(Continued on page 13J
Partial goal reached by Pettersen fund
By Wendell Mobley
Staff Writer
The Petter Bech Pettersen Memorial Fund, created to help decre3se crime in the university vicinity, has reportedly reached one-tenth of its $10,000 goal.
Georg Raeder, a university student and one of the founders of the fund, said Monday that the amount totals $1,169.73, and a check for that amount was given to University President James H. Zumberge last Wednesday to add to the university’s general investments.
Three primary guidelines have been drawn to determine the purposes for which the interest from the fund's investment will be spent: annual recognition of a university student who has made a significant contribution to the security of the campus and surrounding
area; annual recognition of a University Security and Parking Operations staff member for outstanding service in their fields; and financial support for regular, special campus groups or projects, whose purpose it will be to heighten security awareness at the university or improve the safety of students, faculty and staff studying at or employed by the university.
Raeder said $1,000 of the fund will be used as a reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of Pettersen’s assailant. An additional $1,000 has been pledged by a member of the community to go toward the reward, Raeder said.
The founder said he hopes the fund will help encourage people affiliated with the university to think about crime and (Continued on page 15)
Officer suspended after misusing siren
By Marc igler
Staff Writer
In a move which may raise the question of whether University Security officers possess adequate power to enforce the law. Officer Patrick Fitzgerald was suspended over the weekend for a violation he committed while responding to a felony-in-progress call.
Fitzgerald, a two-year veteran on the force, was given a 15-day suspension without pay for turning on his car’s siren and warning lights when he received a rape-in-progress call Saturday night. Fitzgerald’s vehicle was subsequently hit by another car at 30th Street and University Avenue.
University Security officers are not allowed to activate their vehicle’s flashing lights or siren when off campus because the vehicles are not classified in the California Vehicle Code as emergency vehicles, Captain Luther Lanier said.
Lanier added that the university’s security vehicles cannot proceed on a city street after undertaking emergency procedures because it violates security officers’ jurisdiction as agents of the university. He explained that University Security officers are, in effect, only private citizens and thereby do not have the power of peace officers.
(Continued on page 7)
OUTREACH TO POOR — Los Ninos, a Santa Barbara-based group, provides help to the poverty-stricken of Tijuana, Mexico. Above, squatters must live in the city dumps to survive, and below, children at the Casa de Luna orphanage play with tennis balls brought by the volunteers. See story on page 3.
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VolumeOCC^Jumbe^fcj^^^^niwsrsit^^^Southem^all^^
Fiesta Bowl lottery starts Dec. 7
1,500 tickets available to students
Oave Fisher
Staff Writer
For the second consecutive year, students can throw away their Rose Bowl coupons.
Last year, the football team was barred from playing in the Rose Bowl and any other postseason game because it was on probation.
This year, the university’s football team will be playing in a Jan. 1 bowl game, but it will be the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Ariz.
The Trojans will meet Penn State on New Year’s Day in the 72,000-seat Sun Devil Stadium, located near Arizona State University.
Of the 11,000 tickets allotted to the university for the game, 1,500 have been set aside for students.
The 1,500 student tickets will be sold through a lottery which will take place Dec. 7 and 8. Instead of turning in Rose Bowl coupons, students will have to present punch cards in order to enter the lottery.
Patricia Tyner, Ticket Office manager, said punch cards will be used because it was thought that too many students had discarded their Rose
Bowl coupons after the Trojans were eliminated from Rose Bowl consideration following Washington’s victory over Washington State.
Students entering the Fiesta Bowl ticket lottery can submit orders for up to four tickets. One punch card must be presented for each ticket ordered, and the full price of each ticket must be paid at the time the student enters the lottery. Tickets to the game cost $15 each.
Depending on which list is shorter, the winning or losing lottery numbers will be posted outside the Ticket Office on the afternoon of Dec. 9. Winners will be able to pick up their tickets — and losers their money — on Dec. 10 or 11.
Tyner said the Ticket Office will accept checks or cash for the tickets, but she recommended that students use checks to make it easier for both her office and the student.
The Ticket Office is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Questions concerning the Fiesta Bowl lottery may be answered by calling the Ticket Office at 743-2620.
For those who do not receive tickets, the game can be seen Jan. 1 at 10:30 a.m. on KNBC Channel 4.